The Challenge and The Prospect of Pesantren in Historical Review
Abstract: In historical
perspective, as an Islamic educational institution, pesantren has experienced a
long journey. Until the present time, there are some pesantrens that still
continue the heritage of old traditions. These pesantrens are named traditional
pesantren. But some others, start to open themselves and make changes in
responding to the present challenges.These kinds of pesantrens are called
modern pesantren. The efforts of modernization by pesantren are dilematic
enough because on one side, the modernization is needed, but on the other side,
it contains a very different paradigm and world’s perspective. In such
situation, pesantren have to discuss those differences with the Islamic
paradigm and perpective as the heritage of Islamic civilization in the enlightment
era. Hopefully, pesantren is able to figure out current problems smartly with
contemporary approaches.
Author: Hamruni
Journal Code: jppendidikangg160043
